Some Questions
Do the articles below capture evidence of a contemporary "history war" over the basic structures and meanings of the Indian past or can they be better described as but the healthy, on-going, and necessary engagement with and reinterpretation of Indian history?
History Wars In The News
Hilal Ahmed, "Can
Nationalist History Accommodate Our Nation's Past?,"
Outlook, August 15, 2024.
Shweta Desai, "Lots
In A Name: As Mumbai's Railway Stations Are Renamed, Here's A Look At Rich
History Behind These Names,"
Outlook, March 14, 2024.
"Indian
Navy's Epaulettes To Carry Chhatrapati Shivaji's Imprints, Naval Ranks To Be
Inidianised: PM Modi,"
Outlook, December 5, 2023.
"Rajnath
Singh Visits Singapore, Lays Wreath At INA Memorial Marker,"
Outlook, November 18, 2023.
Phillip M. Carter, "Why
Some Indians Want To Change The Country's Name To 'Bharat,'"
The Conversation, September 27, 2023.
Imran Mulla and Peter Osborne, "Bharat:
How Modi's Move To Rename India Could Break The Link With 1947,"
Middle East Eye, September 7, 2023.
Murali Krishnan, "India
Or Bharat: What Is Behind The Name Row?,"
DW, September 6, 2023.
"PM
Unveils Model Of Netaji Memorial, Names 21 Islands In Andamans After Decorated
Soldiers," Outlook,
January 23, 2023.
"New India Correcting Mistakes Of Bygone Decades By Restoring Its Long-Lost Legacy: PM Modi," Outlook, December 26, 2022.
Vandana Menon, "Battle
Over History Just Got A Giant New Classroom In India -- You Tube,"
The Print, December 7, 2022.
"'Our
History Is Distorted, Come Forward To Rewrite It, Centre Will Support You,'
Amit Shah Tells Historians,"
Outlook, November 25, 2022.
"Long
Period Of Slavery, Indifference Made Us Forget Our Maritime Heritage: PM
Narendra Modi,"
Outlook, October 18, 2022.
Amit Majmudar, "Hinduism
Is Forging A New Unity Around Its History Of Persecution,"
Open: The Magazine (September 30, 2022).
Arshia Sattar, "History
Is The New Battleground In Clash Of Ideologies,"
Outlook, July 1, 2022.
Pavan Varma, "
History Revision: Can't Excavate The Acrimony Of The Past; It's Time To
Reconcile And Move Ahead,"
Outlook, July 1, 2022.
Ashutosh Bhardwaj, "Burden
Of History And The Need To Erase The Past For Political Gains,"
Outlook, July 1, 2022.
Rakesh Sinha, "India's
History: Time's Up For The Red-Green Club,"
Outlook, July 1, 2022.
Naseer Ganai, "How
J And K Government's Renaming Exercise Is Rewriting History,"
Outlook, June 27, 2022.
Murali Krishnan, "How
The BJP Is Dealing With India's Colonial Past,"
DW, August 9, 2021.
Sudipta Sen, "Tampering
With History: How India's Ruling Party Is Erasing The Muslim Heritage Of The
Nation's Cities,"
Conversation, May 20, 2019.
Romila Thapar, "They
Peddle Myths And Call It History,"
New York Times, May 17, 2019.
Shalini Sharma, "India:
How Some Hindu Nationalists Are Rewriting Caste History In The Name Of
Decolonisation,"
Conversation, May 9, 2019.
Sanjay Kumar, "Hindu
Nationalists Claim That Ancient Indians Had Airplanes, Stem Cell Technology,
And The Internet,"
Science Magazine (February 13, 2019).
Soutik Biswas, "Is
India Waging A 'War' On Islamic Names?,"
BBC News, November 13, 2018.
Haroon Khalid, "Allahabad
Renamed: How 'Correction' Of 'Historical Injustices' Reveal Problematic
Narratives," Dawn,
October 31, 2018.
Rizwan Ahmad, "Renaming
India: Saffronisation Of Public Spaces,"
Al Jazeera, October 12, 2018.
A. G. Noorani, "Politics
Of History,"
Frontline (September 18, 2018).
Vikas Pandey, "Mughalsarai:
Renaming British-Era Train Station Causes Indian Political Storm,"
BBC News, July 11, 2018.
Ziya Us Salam, "Myth
And Science: Age Of Unreason,"
Frontline (July 6, 2018).
"Minister
Ridiculed For Saying Ancient India Invented The Internet,"
BBC News, April 17, 2018.
Meera Nanda, "Hindutva's
Science Envy,"
Frontline (September 16, 2016).
"Interview:
D.N. Jha, Historian -- 'The Cow Was Neither Unslayable Nor Sacred In The Vedic
Period,'"
Frontline (October 30, 2015).
Video And Audio
"Saffronisation Of History Or Correcting Left Bias?," NDTV, March 8, 2018. (11 mins.)
"Re'right'ing
History," We The
People, NDTV, October 30, 2017. (21 mins.)
"Whose
History Is It, Anyway?,"
NDTV Dialogues, November 13, 2016. (18 mins.)